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China's Cyber-Militia

Posted by kdawson on from the less-power-to-you dept.

D. J. Keenan notes that the cover story of the current issue of National Journal reports in depth on China's cyber-aggression against US targets in the government, military, and business. We have discussed China's actions on numerous occasions over the years. The news in this report is the suggestion that Chinese cyber-attackers may have been involved in major power outages in the US. "Computer hackers in China, including those working on behalf of the Chinese government and military, have penetrated deeply into the information systems of US companies and government agencies, stolen proprietary information from American executives in advance of their business meetings in China, and, in a few cases, gained access to electric power plants in the United States, possibly triggering two recent and widespread blackouts in Florida and the Northeast, according to US government officials and computer-security experts..."

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  1. Re:It's not just power companies. by Macthorpe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You're supposed to switch sockpuppets before you reply to yourself, Twitter.

    Such a basic mistake... I thought that the multiple accounts game was "dreadfully easy"?

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  2. Re:I hope this guy isn't getting paid by dotancohen · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wow, has professional writing ever gone downhill. Ever heard of a period? Some guys just don't like doing it on the rag.
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  3. Offtopic by westbake · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm not Twitter and I'll post how I'll do as I please.

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    1. Re:Offtopic by Macthorpe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I'm not Twitter Yeah, you are. I'll also mention that I found the two anonymous posts you put on one article on the Register. I'm yet to find anyone who can write "Windoze" with quite the same amount of smug venom as you.
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  4. Re:Microsoft? Windows? by willyhill · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I see you forgot to switch sockpuppets before replying to yourself.

    Maybe we could organize a code bounty and have someone write you a Firefox extension that makes this easy. A combination HTML highlighter (so that you know you already posted in a thread) and account changer. It could be called SockpuppetSlashFox. Or SlashPuppetFox. Or TwitterSlashPuppetFoxSwitcher. Or just pathetic.

    Then you could continue to promote free software in your very special way.

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